OT for Perfesser Joe, Gout in the foot

[JerryB]

Joe, would a gout flare up in the foot have a lot of heat along with the pain? My wife has been having trouble in the arch of one foot. The other night it got pretty bad and her foot was real hot too.

[JerryB]

BTT for Joe one time. Thank's

[J Miller]

Jerry,

Yes much heat, much swelling, much redness, much pain. Very sensitive to anything. Get thy spouse to a doctor. There are some good meds that will knock it down pretty quick. They'll want to run a Uric Acid level test to verify it's gout, but the symptoms are pretty consistent.

Joe

[afish4570]

About 5 yrs. ago I was stricken with a wicked, wicked pain in my knee which came on with increasing bad in about an hour or less. It hurt so bad i COULDN'T SHIFT MY TRUCK. Wife drove me to ER and it turned out to be gout. I drink more water and followed the recommended foods to avoid list for 6 months before reverting to my old ways. Occassionally I pig out on black cherries when they are on sale but I think intake of water is important too... At least for me......haven't had an attack since. afish4570

[Sixgun]

Ah man,--Been there---That sure does sound like gout. The pain is so bad, a fly landing on it will hurt. Its caused by eating rich foods, shell fish or too much drinking.

Its one of several reasons I quit drinking 14 years ago----nada----nothing! Beer and Jack Daniels to Winchesters & Colts----don't know whats worse-----------------------Sixgun

[kimwcook]

The King's disease.

Caused by purines in the food eaten. Shell fish for one are very high in purines. The purines cause an elevated uric acid and the acid creates crystals which are needle sharp. The crystals accumulate in whatever joint, mostly toe joints, and start tearing the joint up due to the crystals points.

I've got a propensity for it. Had about six bouts of it throughout my life. It hurts like nothing else. I've had both of my big toe joints swell up triple their normal size. Enough to burst the skin. Dull throbbing pain that never goes away. I can't even have a tissue tough the affected area.

Only once did I let the doctor put a needle in the joint for lab analysis.

[JerryB]

I sure do thank ya'll for the good answers and we will get it checked out. We don't drink and she is very allergic to shell fish and seafood of any kind.This is in the arch of her right foot.

[J Miller]

I sure do thank ya'll for the good answers and we will get it checked out. We don't drink and she is very allergic to shell fish and seafood of any kind.This is in the arch of her right foot.

Jerry,

I did a Google search on Gout and Gouty Arthritis and it was amazing what came up.
There are many kinds of foods besides shell fish that cause and contribute to gout.

The best thing to do is get it knocked down first then figure out what to do to prevent it.

Joe

[L.F.Combs]

Man there ain't nothing that hurts as bad as gout. I have it in my feet, and it can really make a grown man cry. My brother has it worse it is in his hands, and legs. He has knots forming from it. Nasty stuff. Naproxen is what I have to take for it.

[kirkwood]

Doesn't sound much like gout. Doesn't fit the symptoms you described. Sounds a lot like plantar fasciitis. Could be a metatarsal stress fracture if it came on acutely. If the top of the foot is also hurting and it is chronic pain, it could be a neuroma. Best way to know is to schedule a visit to the podiatrist.

[L.F.Combs]

It has been dianosed by a doctor. You can have pockets of uric acid crystals that form knots, and it can hit in any joint. It's not A -typical, but it is gout.

[Rusty]

Jerry,
We have a semi retired evangelist at our church he heads up our Bible printing ministry of Bearing Precious Seeds. He had a round with gout a while back and he turned the tides by eating blueberries. He said by the time he had finished the first pint it was worlds better.

[jlchucker]

Joe, I feel your pain! Or, better put, have felt your pain and want no more of it! DON"T try to cure yourself. Hobble on down to the nearest doc and get some meds. Most likely, you'll get two types: little white or pale yellow pills to take once a day, and some green capsules to take 3 times a day. The pain will go away pretty quickly-like overnight. As other posters have diagnosed here, there's a lot of contributing factors. My first bout may have been due to a fondness for beer, but the doc figured more likely heredity. It was a lady doc, and she thought I would have to take the small pills for the rest of my life. Wrong. I started paying attention to what I ate, did light exercise a few times a week, and knocked off the pills on Thursday so I could have beer on Saturday. After about a year of this no gout came back so I quit taking the pills altogether. I then went on a 3 month job to S. Carolina. Before I left, I discussed pills with the doc. She wrote me a prescription to take if I felt it coming, but also said that Aleve would help in a pinch if the attack was mild. Nothing happened except that for 3 months a few more beer sales were registered in Charleston, SC. A few years and a new doc later, I had a major attack Tuesday after Thanksgiving week. I hobbled to my new doc, and he asked what I had for Thanksgiving. Besides the usual fare, I had put a bowl of shrimp out for appetizers. The guests didn't eat many, so I finished off the bowl while watching football after everyone left. "Ahah", says doc." Shrimp!" Shellfish, it turns out, is the biggest Uric acid producer of all foods. Gorging on a bowlful of shrimp is something I'll never do again! I quickly lost my appetite for lobster as well, but I rarely eat it anyway. You've had your first gout experience, Joe. As someone whose been there and had that, I hope it's your last.

[Modoc ED]

Read these threads. They are from when Joe had his gout attack.

http://www.levergunscommunity.com/viewt ... hilit=gout

http://www.levergunscommunity.com/viewt ... hilit=gout